Consultation outcome

Draft OFT guidance for lettings professionals

• From: Office of Fair Trading and Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 16 October 2013
• Last updated: 13 June 2014 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Consultation on guidance for lettings professionals: CMA response

Ref: CMA31resp PDF, 300KB, 18 pages

Detail of outcome

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its response to the consultation and new Guidance for lettings professionals on consumer protection law.

Detail of feedback received

46 bodies responded to this consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Office of Fair Trading (OFT) consultation on draft guidance for lettings professionals on compliance with relevant consumer protection law.

This consultation ran from
16 October 2013 to 11:45pm on 10 December 2013

Consultation description

The OFT’s report on the lettings market, published in February 2013, identified a number of concerns about how the market was working for consumers. In view of this, the OFT promised to produce guidance on how it considers the relevant consumer laws apply to lettings professionals.

The OFT has launched a consultation on draft guidance that aims to help professionals in the private rented sector, including letting agents and landlords, to comply with the law.

Published 16 October 2013
Last updated 13 June 2014 + show all updates

1. 13 June 2014

   Competition and Markets Authority's response to the consultation added.

2. 16 October 2013

   First published.